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Royal Mail | Scottish worker accused manager of racism because he 'couldn't understand his accent'

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Scottish worker accused manager of racism because he 'couldn't understand his accent'

A Scottish Royal Mail employee accused an English colleague of being racist after saying he ‘couldn’t understand’ his accent, a tribunal heard.

Pete McCalam claimed manager Alan Wiggs was ‘a little bit racist’ after repeatedly telling him he couldn't understand what he was saying.

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